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0OT JUST ONCE jind Lapse Brought Zoo Worker Pretty Near His EndL UJtor wit Of Time He Wa? Fopo#d to Stand Off Qrltxly With Hit j Bare H*nd$, and No Chanc* Ijlfcr Foot wo i k. ... ?.???? get used to meet any -A,fo|lM.rvet? a huge, grlaaled man avid sours half an Inch apart "i- from the right eyobrow 00 h 2 s?'hl8 none to the left corner M He was m Bailor uniform. **? standing in the street with ?Dd ? double-Jointed *?Twho had Just wriggled from a *Z ? Lkei. hanging head down three "h s ll.ove the asphalt. -But If. ifift. wlili tlr, always." he added re ? ,i ely "BMd.aome <*** y?u ,uuy fpr> ?? But the lire won't." r i? itrekod his scars with an apol 1 fl-ver ?s he continued: "Be ?g i enlisted I worked In a jcoo. I ? t ... trinn >m. No; mine he beiivv work, feedln' 'em and W"8 ? out the cages. Tralnln' 'em, 1T.? !"?'? ? or ? re" ' " , uii.lv, but when you're clean w I e?e vou hnven'l nfiythln' hut ? 1". or ??' pitchfork-, and, floln' that ffo^ork! you ?ort of forget they're They seen, more or horses or nny other civil | jud imliimlH. I w?s ?o big and husky fSwellmes went In with nothin but L bare hands; hut I waa always tak S H Chflnce. I was pretty careful. . When I vft-nt Into old Zeke's W 7^ was/c. cross-grained old ?L*,V. When I didn't have my pitch fnr- 1 generally aimed to have a wrench or a pleeo of gas pipe handy. But one day 1 forgot, "Zeke somehow got the door open wweon hi... and two young grizzlies. I mid I had to got him back again. I shouldn't have gone In without a cluh; ?(Ut it was about qulttln' time at noon. nJ i 'whs In a hurry. 1 Jumped into the cage uu/d enough to scratch ins Mes out with my bare hands. '.?Get ..ui of here!" I yelled, vvavln' mv arms in his face.. ^ "I!,, only growled at me ; but the 0jl,er two i-fitrs, In a lmnlc. bolted Into the other compartment. I decided Quicker than a A?*h to leave Zeke lh rt. |,e was and let the other bears have his den. I slammed the door shut between, and started toward the man hole through w hi oh I had entered. Hut old Zeke g?'t up on his toes when he saw I had Ahut him out of his own quarters and away from his play mates; mid. la.vln' bis ears back and openin* his mouth until be gaped like a crocodile, he came at me all stand-In*. "1 didn't have time to reach the door. Lettin' .out a .veil for help, I stood my ground. Did Zeke came at me with paws up. just like a clumsy old boxer. He wasn't so clumsy as be looked, though. 1 gave him n right and left Id the ribs and dodged ; but before I could get out of reach, his right paw caught iae on the left shoulder and ripped my shirt off to my waist. I managed to get in another Jab, but it was like hit tin' a sack of sand. It hurt my fist inore'n it did him. "If the cage had been larger, I might have been able to keep out of the way outil help came for you can be sure I whs yellin' bloody murder, although ,at the time I hardly realized what 1 was dnlif. But first thing I knew he had me cornered. I hit him on the snont then, as hard as I could hit but he swept my hands down with one groat paw, and with the other he gave me this little memento I carry on my face. The next minute he had- those terrible claws In the middle of my back, and he was nuzzlln' the top of my head, trying to get his teeth into the back of my neck. That might have been the end so far as I was con cerned If a trainer and an attendant hadn't come Just then to pry him ott with Iron bars. I was like * squeezed lemon when they finally dragged me out. and for a long time I didn't enre whether school kept or not. I'm all right lit 'W, though. Think they'd let me In the navy If I wasn't? I guess not."? Youth's Companion. Bill the Aesthete. . buring tlx* wannest hour of yester day a traction engine drawing two "trailers" piled high with barrels of stout and beer panted painfully along Fleet street. One of the laborers en gaged ? >n mysterious excavations of the pu\ cineiit pointed with his shovel to the precession and exclaimed : "Oh, my Lord. Hill, ain't that a beautiful Mght?" His mate gazed admfringly st the glorious Rpectacle and replied, *'ith a sympathetic sigh, "Not half!' And yet some short-sighted cyuic has w.ld that the British worklngman >8 "devoid of vision," and "does not, like the ancient Greeks, possess an Innate aesthetic appreciation of the Beauti ful." ? l.ondon Daily News. Watch Your 8tep. John I ?. Rockefeller, Jr., was speak ing before n Sunday school gathering. Ambition." he said, "Is the most laudable trait In the world, but no Permanent success comes from flylntj too high. "Su<-. ess is only achieved step by ?typ nr. I to# many of us. In our dis CfcnTej.t find desire to go higher, over look that fact. Too many of us are like John "J"?. i. was buttonholed on the street one *hi v hy n friend who asked him : "'John, are you satisfied with your pregpjjt position?' answered John. 'Hut -th* V satisfied with the way I AH 't. either, no I guess it'fc fifty-fifty.' ** MSB COUNTY NRWH lt??? of lulmnt (JithrrfA From liUh opvKIt* Vindicator. Mr. W. Q< 1 lt'uroii. h Minor I a*** roniity l?oy, bat now m 'P, 1'. A. with li^lqvittWW'i ? i AmcrU'iiN, (ia.. i> out ou a si-.il (?i rvlativos. J|i mi.vs his family aro quito ploused with tbcir ii)opt: wl hotno at I'rowton. Ga.. uui) Iii* fathor, WlJ.Hw W. llfavuu ha# n tttio crop uot witlwitamUiiK tho boll weoy.il ha* boon In thfit Motion for throw yearn. The ?K>n't <l?'|>ctnl on ?>?>| t ? >11 for thfir iiKHicv <-rt>p ih?\v ??'?' K**t 1 1 UK OH ju-t as \v?'ll, |f u.it hi*tt?'i\ (lirtii hrf'i-M the W^Vtl I'll MM'. Il whs IhsJ vstvk in the Vin that rUflfonl 1*. wot* Ul with typh.iiil fi'vor at hu^ Wttv LuuiiSjtviuC whi't) his brother A. 1< Heave* left him. Ho took m turn for the wi?m* ami ili?n| on July Uftth. Ill? lnx?th<T Karh' was with him whuu ho ?H?J. Mr. Harold l>ultuut, who was ?t ttuutiux the vaiiu* /bu?*hu?HH ?vll?tc?'. ?<* ('<un\u)iiii?l the body houte. 'Vhey reach ?n| Suthl?.v ntoruiiifr 3 a. m. a u?l woro mot tborf by the mulertakor, Mr I | ? 1 i it : I ami not lit* iv about wvon i>VlfM<k. Tbo fuiKM'al M?rvlC*' WHM ht'lil at tbo hi viu?* Ht 5 i>. in, ar ' burial at Hot liUliMin I *? m n ?? t ?? i' > , o'luluiMcil In hi* pasUii', Ut'V. (5. 1*. Watson. ' Cliff^rtl vva*. Is >.;us hihI II months ol<l an. I of unusual a brWrtit oimr wn^, Uofwro It Mil. but in the iui<lM of bis young lifo. bo |u?s boon snnu-lnHl away. AIks Mao Mooiv an?l Mr. J. 10. Her riott. who Imih junt got ton back from tbo Qituy, auniriMxl not only tboir friomlH, ? it their iiiuin'diu (<k faiwilie*, when the ? v\ s reached here that they were mar I. .Miss \Iho \v?>nt (<? 1 1 a ml <- 1 . N. < . !o visit her aunt. Mrs. Cowan. and Mr. i'l'iriott met hev there and iu? o?m ini u.V of ottV <u- t\\'o friends drove over to I (ink i iik h m hi , N, (\ and were married ?t the I ti'rian nian*e l?y Hev. Steodfl, mister of the Itooklufrluiin churcli. They iif now hack .receiving congratulation* <?,' thvir many friend*. The KhImt'm llui'den. "The Kaiser bearing Ilia burden", writtm th<* former Kaiwrin to the vio?r ? f ? 'lirwt ( 'hinvli, Wilht'hiiHbohr. Mmiv uii'lioiA-. al <rtli"r ?ro ii Im<? bear* h : hi> htmh'u. j?h> burdon bo foived > j 1 ?< * i ? I lit in* Thtf former Kmvros# ndd* I. (ltd will If ml biui out or' tho dark valley." Tho afftvctlouato hopes (>f on utHU*U*J \vifo are entitled t*> i-eN|n??i. but ({*>m?au1v--iu?t to ?iH?ak of roiintrltv*? 'Ih full of widows and or - plum* and m aimed nmn, and we do not ?<e<> 1m?w William run ejq?<r#o Into any \vt?U-l wilted plaee iuiIwm bit* mamofj la taken from liim.?-Ilou*ti>n I'oat. ? / A/ W W Vf Orange-crush DRINK ORANG E-CRUS B OPEN an ice-cold bottle of this delightful drink- --today! Fill your glass to the brim with sparkling, thirst-tempting Orange Crush. The glowing goodness of it will banish thirst and refresh you, You can enjoy the deliciousness of Orange-Crush with complete assur ance of its purity because it is made from the fruit oil, pressed from fresh ripe oranges and such other whole some ingredients as pure granulated sugar, carbonated water and citric acid, which is a natural acid found in oranges, lemons and grapefruit. No matter how hot the day at home, or away ? morning, noon or night, you will always enjoy Orange Crush. Drink it anywhere and as often as you like. Orange-Crush, served ice-cold, is guaranteed to bring you thirst quenching joy ? always. We bottle Orange-Crush in strict conformity with the most rigid sani tary requirements and personally guarantee it to be the perfect family drink. Orange-Crush is obtainable by the bottle or by the case wherever soft drinks are sold. Buy an ice-cold bottle of Orange-Crush today. Then order a case for the family. Camden Coca-Cola Bottling Company O - ~ ' X" - ? ;